Weekly Skews, hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee, is a new comedy podcast that offers a redneck and working class perspective from the Left on the week's news, politics, and culture.
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Weekly Skews - 8/27/24 – A Great Time to Be Stuck in Space
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Skewers, tonight we talk about the astronauts currently stuck in space, and how lucky they are to be missing the insanity that is life on this planet right now. No obviously being stuck in space is less than ideal, but seriously things are wild, and we’re gonna talk about ‘em. Join us. Support the Show.…
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Weekly Skews - 8/20/24 – Political Theater
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Skewers, tonight we discuss all the latest criticisms being aimed at the Harris/Walz campaign as the DNC continues in Chicago. Apparently they think Tim Walz is a (very deep) sleeper Chinese agent and loves Tiananmen Square and stuff. So that’s fun. Also JD Vance continues to make normal things as weird as possible. And more. Support the Show.…
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Weekly Skews - 8/13/24 – Why Campaign When You Can Cheat?
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As Harris/Walz continue to surge in the polls, the Trump campaign is firing back by…having him barely campaign at all this month. A bold strategy indeed. Could this lack of enthusiasm for campaigning have something to do with the fact that intricate and widespread plans have been put in place to ensure that Trump “wins” this election even if he los…
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Weekly Skews - 8/06/24 – BALLS TO THE WALZ
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Well the big decision has officially been made: Kamala Harris’s running mate is Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. And Skewers, honestly…it’s like this man was designed in a lab to hit for us. Should be a rare upbeat episode tonight so join us in merriment. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Weekly Skews - 7/30/24 – The Unified Theory of Weird
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Skewers tonight we’re getting into the new and entertaining approach to campaigning by Team Harris and the Dems: just talk about how frickin’ weird these weirdos are. And so far…seems to be working out (probably on account of them being super weird). Should be a fun one, and yes, the couch is gonna come up. Support the Show.…
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Weekly Skews - 7/23/24 – Unburdened By What Has Been
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Tonight we’re talking about turning the page, Joe Biden committing seppuku, how insane recent TikTok star Kamala Harris makes Republicans, and a Trump donor getting stuck in his car elevator. Trae is on the road so Mark is joined by Senior How-Fox-News-Just-Got-My-Mom-To-Love-Joe Biden Correspondent Corey Ryan Forrester. Support the Show.…
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Skewers it’s kinda hard to know what to talk about this week as so little is going on in the news cycle right now. However, we’ll surely come up with something. Maybe the assassination attempt or fake hillbilly VP candidate, if anyone’s interested. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Skewers this week we talk about the same thing everyone on the American left is talking about: should Joe Biden step aside? More importantly: will he? With almost indescribably massive implications for November and beyond, someone needs to answer these questions, and soon. As for us, we opine. Support the Show.…
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Weekly Skews - 7/02/24 – SCOTUS Declares (Some) Presidents Untouchable
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Tonight on Skews we’ll be joined by Dr. Scott Lemieux, professor of political science and constitutional law at UW-Seattle, to help us make sense of the recent tear SCOTUS has been on (culminating with yesterday’s decision that Presidents are Kings now). Just exactly HOW terrified should we be? We’ll discuss that, as well as all things Biden, on th…
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Weekly Skews - 6/25/24 – What’s Up with Fetterman
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Skewers, tonight we discuss the ongoing and ever-perplexing shift in rhetoric, demeanor, and position of Senator John Fetterman, as the one-time progressive darling continues to openly antagonize countless members of the American political left. To what end? Who knows, but we’ll talk about it. Support the Show.…
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Weekly Skews - 6/18/24 – Congestion Headache
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Skewers, tonight we discuss the traffic policy kerfuffle that New York Democrats have embroiled themselves in, and, more importantly, how it offers insight into the ineptitude of Big Democrat and the threat this all poses to the possibility of Dem control of the House of Representatives in the forthcoming election. Join us. Support the Show.…
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Weekly Skews - 6/11/24 – Hunter Biden Convicted
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Well Skewers, everyone else is talking about it so we reckon we should too: Hunter Biden has been convicted of three felony gun charges related to lying on a background check. Which is of course a massive surprise considering his father Joe Biden personally operates a famously rigged and partisan justice system. What does it all mean? We’ll try and…
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Weekly Skews - 6/04/24 – Felon Hard Times
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Tonight we discuss, what else, last weeks big verdict: 34 felony convictions for Donald Trump, as well as the discourse surrounding it since from both the right (unhinged, flailing, hypocritical) and the left (basically nonexistent for some reason). Also Fauci’s big day and a bunch of other fun stuff too. Join us. Support the Show.…
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Weekly Skews - 5/28/24 – A Third Party Party
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Tonight Trae and Mark will be joined by longtime Skewniverse vagabond extraordinaire Drew Morgan to discuss Libertarians, Trump, RFK Jr. (as well as his maybe-also-insane running mate), and a host of other topics. Gonna be a good un! Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Weekly Skews - 5/21/24 – Don’t Mess With (Racism In) Texas
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Tonight we dive into the wildly typical and deeply disturbing decision by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to pardon a man who was convicted by a jury of his peers of murdering a BLM protestor in 2020. But before that we tackle the lighter matters of the new Trump biopic and the demise of Red Lobster. Join us. Support the Show.…
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Weekly Skews - 5/14/24 – United States of Protection Rackets
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Skewers: are tariffs good? Should lab-grown meat be banned? Should paying for your prescriptions require a second mortgage? Will Big Oil give Donald Trump an actual billion dollars? We ruminate on these questions and more (plus some fun dumbassery) on tonight’s Skews. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Weekly Skews - 5/07/24 – The Ol College Try
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Tonight, after a Trump Trial Update and a generous point-and-laugh session aimed at Kristi Noem, we dive into the right wing fervor surrounding the left wing fervor surrounding college campuses across this country. Plus some other fun stuff; join us. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Weekly Skews - 4/30/24 – The War on the Poor
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Skewers, this week we talk about escalating hostilities in one of the American Right’s most passionate and longest running conflicts: The War on the Poor (with some Trump stuff and miscellaneous dumbassery along the way). Join us. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Weekly Skews - 4/23/24 – TN Joins the (Autoworkers) Union!
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Skewers, tonight we welcome friend of the show and labor activist John Russell (of More Perfect Union) to discuss the biggest win for Labor in the South in recent memory: the decision by workers at a massive Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga to join the UAW. We’ll talk about what it means, both right now and for the future of working people below the…
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Weekly Skews - 4/16/24 – Court Jesters
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Skewers, tonight we dive into the big Trump Hush Money trial which kicked off in NY just yesterday, and y’all will never believe this but so much stupid stuff has already happened. Also: SCOTUS, the right to protest, and WWIII (among many other subjects). Join us. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Weekly Skews - 4/09/24 – ‘Zona of Interest
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Tonight we talk about the new abortion ban just approved by Arizona’s Supreme Court…and by “new” we mean “from the Civil War Era”. The draconian law allows no exceptions for rape or incest and is, generally speaking, really bad and dumb. Also: how the media is helping Trump appear to be more moderate than he is, and much much more. Join us. Support…
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Weekly Skews - 4/02/24 – The War on Easter (?!)
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On tonight’s episode we discuss, among many other hilariously stupid things, the right’s wholly manufactured panic about a supposed War on Easter being launched by the Biden Administration. Why? Well, a couple of different years-old policies pre-dating and having less than nothing to do with the Biden Administration, of course. Join us. Support the…
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Weekly Skews - 3/26/24 – Congressional Chaos w/ Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
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Description: On tonight's show we talk the recent chaos in the House with special guest, Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA)! Also, how Joe Biden used the power of diversity and immigration to destroy that bridge in Baltimore (according to idiots). Join us. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Skewers, tonight we discuss the GOP primary happening in Ohio and the dumbness unfolding therein, with some experts saying that Ohio has become “the Hindenburg of democracy”. So that’s reassuring. Also, Producer Matt’s governor Kristi Noem is doing Texas teeth ads and Paul Manafort is back in the game baby. Join us. Support the Show.…
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Weekly Skews - 3/12/24 – Full of Britt
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Skewers tonight we talk about the designs of a brand spankin’ new group of far right Christian lunatic men, the many lies of former special counsel Robert Hur, the potential impact of RFK Jr, and finally perhaps the most unhinged State of the Union response in living memory, from Alabama Senator Katie Britt. Join us. Support the Show.…
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Weekly Skews - 3/05/24 – Skews Book Club: “White Rural Rage”
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Skewers this week we are thrilled to welcome Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman, the authors of the much debated new book about the threat to democracy percolating in our homeland: “White Rural Rage”! Gonna be a good un! Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Weekly Skews - 2/27/24 – Our Own Worst Enemy
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In a truly shocking turn of events, the star witness in the GOP’s big Hunter Biden investigation has turned out to be a Russian agent. Who could have foreseen that circus taking an even dumber turn, we ask you. Also, the Alabama assault on IVF has Republicans reeling. All that and more on tonight’s Skews. Support the Show.…
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Weekly Skews - 2/20/24 – Attack of the Space Russians
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Skewers, tonight we discuss the bombshell news that Russia is (apparently) developing a space nuke, which is like a nuke, but more future-y. And the silly freak out about it. We talk about it, along with the latest news from the frontlines of the abortion debate (Alabama, natch), Trump’s pumped up kicks, and some serious dumbassery from Trae’s belo…
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Weekly Skews - 2/13/24 – Breaking: Joe Biden Old
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Tonight: sure, Donald Trump may be an aging megalomaniac who openly threatens to unravel democracy and throw our allies to the Russian wolves, but have you considered that Joe Biden is, like, super old? That discussion plus more, so join us. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Weekly Skews - 2/06/24 – Borderlands of Insanity Part 2
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Well you’ll never believe this Skewers, but things down at the southern border have only gotten MORE dumb and weird in the intervening week since last we met. Tonight we talk about it, along with some Trump Crime updates, porn bans, hailing Satan, and more. Join us. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Weekly Skews - 1/30/24 – Borderlands of Insanity
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Well, Skewers, things are getting pretty wild (and secession-y) down there around the southern border as the conversation around immigration policy continues to escalate. We’ll talk about that, the true dangers of a Taylor Swift Super Bowl, White House drug parties, and more, on tonight’s Skews. Join us. Support the Show.…
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Tonight we talk (and laugh) about the long overdue end to perhaps the most disastrous and disappointing presidential campaign in living memory: that of Florida Governor and noted spaghetti person Ron DeSantis. Along the way we get into Trump’s increasingly poor mental state, some truly absurd laws coming out of Oklahoma, and more. Join us. Support …
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Weekly Skews - 1/16/24 – Are Airplanes Woke Now? (No.)
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Skewers, join us as we dive into the recent kerfuffle with Boeing and their apparently rickety planes, which, if ya didn’t know, are rickety due to wokeness (at least according to Fox News). We talk about what really is to blame (spoiler: it’s capitalism again), along with the Iowa caucus results and a whole buncha other dumb stuff, on tonight’s sh…
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Weekly Skews - 1/09/24 – A Most Violent Year?
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Skewers you may have noticed that stories involving threats of political violence have been trending upward recently, and 2024 is only nine days old. So that’s…less than comforting. Tonight we discuss this and a great many other topics. Join us. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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FREE BONUS Skews - 1/06/24 – Cybertrucked Up
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In celebration of the New Year, we are posting a FREE bonus episode from the Weekly Skews Patreon. We talk about Elon’s beloved Cybertruck, which very well may be both the ugliest AND most deadly consumer vehicle on the road. Fun! Along the way we touch on the Epstein list and cover some other dumbassery. If you would like more of this type of subs…
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Weekly Skews - 1/02/24 – Happy Skew Year!
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Well it’s 2024, Skewers, and things are as dumb as ever. Tonight, Travis Irvine fills in for Smart Mark as we break down some of the dumber things happening in America at present, including but not limited to: Trump’s butt smell, NYC’s lunatic mayor, Green Day’s commie agenda, an insane St. Louis cop story, and more. Join us. Support the Show.…
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Weekly Skews - 12/19/23 – Satan Claus is Comin’ to Town
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Skewers tonight Smart Mark returns for the most festive of Christmas week conversation topics: the Dark Lord Satan! Obviously we’re aware that Satan is not real, but the Satanic Temple is (and they rock), and they’ve been making some serious waves lately. Also, the big Trump ruling in Colorado and a Texas Lunacy Recap. Join us. Support the Show.…
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Weekly Skews - 12/12/23 – Are Book Fairs the Devil? (No.)
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Smart Mark is covered up with work stuff this week and as such we welcome back Corey Ryan Forrester to guest host in his stead. Corey and Trae will get into the latest ravings from conservatives on the evils of…Scholastic Book Fairs? Also a number of salacious stories involving GOP politicians, and a smattering of dumbassery. Join us. Support the S…
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Weekly Skews - 12/05/23 – (Don’t) RIP Kissinger
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Tonight we do a rapid fire breakdown of the most current goings-on in the American political sphere before settling in for a veritable dissertation from Smart Mark on the all-too-long life and nigh-incomprehensible crimes of Henry Kissinger. Join us. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Weekly Skews - 11/28/23 – School Vouchers: Ain’t It
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Tonight we discuss the growing trend of school voucher programs in red states, including (of course) Trae’s home state of Tennessee, which is set to expand their already controversial program tremendously. The problem with this is that voucher programs are dumb and bad. Also we got some top shelf dumbassery for yuns. Join us. Support the Show.…
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11/21/23 – A Thanksgiving Feast of Dumbasses
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Tonight Trae returns, as he and Mark celebrate the forthcoming holiday with a bounty of dumbassery including Elon’s sword, Santos’s weiner, Argentina’s new lunatic President, and many many more. Enjoy. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Weekly Skews - 11/14/23 – Fight Night
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It was a rootin’ tootin’ day at congress with at least two instances of almost fisticuffs. To whatever extent it was hidden Trump went full on mask-off fascist over the weekend. Also should the government allow for-profit A.I. revenge porn? Silicon Valley says yes. Mark’s hosting and Corey’s hopping on last minute because Trae is in 1883 with no wi…
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Weekly Skews - 11/07/23 – Election Roundup
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Tonight we are once again joined by certified politics enthusiast and Ohio boy Travis Irvine to track not just the outcome of his homeland’s vote on abortion rights, but all the myriad important elections going down around the country today. Join us. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Weekly Skews - 10/31/23 – Spooky Skews
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Happy Halloween, Skewers! Tonight we look ahead at the already-ridiculous election cycle looming in 2024. Trick or treat, bayba. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Weekly Skews - 10/24/23 – Litmus Test for ‘24
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Tonight Smart Mark returns and, after a check-in on the continuing idiocy that is the House GOP’s search for a Speaker, as well as some other fun tidbits, we then take a look at the few elections happening this November, e.g. the KY gubernatorial race, the Ohio abortion measure, etc., and how the outcomes thereof could shape the larger elections in…
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Weekly Skews - 10/17/23 – Will the Real House Speaker Please Stand Up
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Tonight Trae is joined by first time guest host Travis Irvine (Smart Mark will return next week) to discuss the ongoing laughable incompetence of the House GOP as it continues to flail in its attempts to name a new Speaker. Among other things. Join us. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Weekly Skews - 10/10/23 – Dangerous Days in the Middle East
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Tonight we tackle the simple and straightforward task of breaking down the current situation with Israel and Palestine. Surely the two of us shall have it solved in under an hour. Also we bash RFK Jr. for a bit, among other things. Join us. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Tonight we talk about Kevin McCarthy being ripped apart by the monster he helped to create (shocked Pikachu face!), as well as Trump's quarter billion dollar fraud case, and more. Join us. Support the Show.By Trae Crowder, Mark Agee, and Matt Hildreth
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Tonight: Turns out Democrats do crime too! Namely New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, who it turns out is super into taking bribes and the like. On this episode (in addition to covering a myriad of other topics) we take the firm stance that crimes are bad, regardless of party affiliation. Please applaud. And also join us Support the Show.…
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Weekly Skews - 9/19/23 – Dumbest. Congress. Ever.
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With a proxy war in Ukraine, a cold war in China, a covid spike, a jump in childhood poverty, and 12 days until a government shutdown… what’s everyone in Congress up to? Well, giving public hand jobs and freaking out about Fetterman’s shorts, for starters. Also: the UAW strike and a Texas impeachment update. Join us. Support the Show.…
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